Redemption (movie, 2013)

Like fractured pieces of three different mirrors, “Redemption” attempts to be a different kind of Jason Statham movie while still being a typical Jason Statham movie. In other words, it’s an often-somber character piece in which the hero periodically busts heads or threatens to kill someone with a spoon.

The burly and admittedly skilled Brit plays Joey, a dishonored military vet suffering from PTSD who goes from a life on the London streets to a life of style because, conveniently, the flat he breaks into contains a wealth of perfectly fitting suits and an owner who won’t return from New York for eight months. For a while, Joey guiltlessly...

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*1/2 (out of four)Like fractured pieces of three different mirrors, “Redemption” attempts to be a different kind of Jason Statham movie while still being a typical Jason Statham movie. In other words, it’s an often-somber character piece in which the hero...